The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello

Director: Rob Cohen

Genre: thriller, horror, adventure

I was able to catch this movie at a test screening in California while
i was on vacation and its not much of a film. Its the same story as the
previous ones and most of the stuff in the movie were taken from them
as well. I love Brendan Fraser but he didn't look happy to be there and
with how the story was set up, you can't blame him for looking
miserable. He has no chemistry with Maria Bello, who was just awful
(She's no Rachel Weisz, that's for damn sure.) and he has even less
chemistry with his own son played by Luke Ford, who has the charisma
and the charm of a brick, not to mention the fact that he looks just as
old as both Fraser and Bello. Fraser has more chemistry with John
Hannah, who is a welcome distraction from the lousiness of the film.
The movie itself is just a flat headed mess of bad visual effects with
no soul. Jet Li lacks the menacing presence of Arnold Vosloo from the
previous films but that problem is more than less on the shoulders of
the director, who was in my opinion more concern with the style of the
film than any substance it could have had and because of that, Jet Li
and most of the cast got the short end of the stick and it sho…

Trailer The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor